ARCHITECTURE
Aluminium is Beautiful
Magic happens in Tel Aviv. Right in Herzliya Pituach, a luxurious beachfront neighbourhood to the north of the city, Pitsou Kedem Architects has built a house with design is high-tech, lightweight and incredibly fancy.
2 October, 2018
White aluminium skin of the D3 House has triangular openings of different sizes that permit beams of sunlight through and create a fantastic play of light and shadow.
This three-storey building is visibly divided into two sections. The upper one presents an architectural concrete façade with diagonal sloping roof and contrasts the ground floor which is fronted by a wall of white aluminium panels made of a repetitive graphic pattern of tessellating triangles. An interesting feature of the property is its door that is made of the same aluminium panels and is camouflaged into the facade.
Some of the triangles are cutaways, allowing an illuminated pattern to emerge on the wall by night. Inside, the geometric perforations cast decorative light and shadows onto the walls and floors.
Some of the triangles are cutaways, allowing an illuminated pattern to emerge on the wall by night. Inside, the geometric perforations cast decorative light and shadows onto the walls and floors.
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"The facade of the house is in fact a kind of sealed 'box' composed of two large volumes," explained Pitsou Kedem Architects.
"One horizontal facade is made up of a white aluminium skin with a repetitive graphic pattern in which cut-out openings allow a glimpse into the house during the day and the filtering out of artificial light at night," said the studio.
"The upper volume is constructed of exposed architectural concrete to create a tension against the lower volume."
"The pattern of semi-triangles, and their seemingly random spacing, appear to epitomise the rhythm of the movement of light," explained the studio.
"One horizontal facade is made up of a white aluminium skin with a repetitive graphic pattern in which cut-out openings allow a glimpse into the house during the day and the filtering out of artificial light at night," said the studio.
"The upper volume is constructed of exposed architectural concrete to create a tension against the lower volume."
"The pattern of semi-triangles, and their seemingly random spacing, appear to epitomise the rhythm of the movement of light," explained the studio.
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The unusual geometric pattern used on the facade can be met inside the house as it is repeated on a bespoke shelving system or the stonewall in the entrance hall, which serves as a divider between the entrance hall and the kitchen.
The building's other facades feature huge floor-to-ceiling windows that create a greatconnection between the house's surrounding gardens and the interior spaces. It is event possible to see right through to the front garden from the back of the house, when the door is open.
The building's other facades feature huge floor-to-ceiling windows that create a greatconnection between the house's surrounding gardens and the interior spaces. It is event possible to see right through to the front garden from the back of the house, when the door is open.
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"The formal polishing, the precision in the detail and in the meeting of materials, the meticulously yet cautiously phrased monastic language all give us, for a moment, a sense that we are looking at a flat and nearly two-dimensional picturesque stage," said the firm.
"The diverse and continuing planes of the white tones and the combination of the geometrical performance of the light against the horizontal and vertical surfaces, give the tranquil picture a sense of space and depth."
"The diverse and continuing planes of the white tones and the combination of the geometrical performance of the light against the horizontal and vertical surfaces, give the tranquil picture a sense of space and depth."
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